ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions Property

Provides access to the Property Grid‘s options.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Reports.UserDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.ReportDesigner.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public PropertyGridOptions PropertyGridOptions { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property PropertyGridOptions As PropertyGridOptions

Property Value

Type	Description
PropertyGridOptions	The Property Grid’s options.

Remarks

This property allows you to specify the following Property Grid options:

• Visibility - specifies the Property Grid’s visibility state (visible, closed or auto-hidden).
• ShowFavoriteProperties - specifies whether to activate the Favorite Properties tab when the Report Designer runs.
• UseOfficeInspiredPropertyGrid - specifies whether to use MS Office-inspired editors.
• UseTabbedView - specifies whether to group properties into tabs or display all properties in a single tab.
• ShowExpressionsInSeparateTab - specifies whether to show the Expressions tab that contains all properties for which users can define expressions.

The following code demonstrates how to access and specify these options:

XAML

<Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:dxrud="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/reports/userdesigner" 
        ... >
    <dxrud:ReportDesigner Name="designer"> 
        <dxrud:ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions>
            <dxrud:PropertyGridOptions UseTabbedView="False" ShowFavoriteProperties="True"/>
        </dxrud:ReportDesigner.PropertyGridOptions>
    </dxrud:ReportDesigner>
</Window>

See Hide and Customize Dock Panels (Report Analyzer, Report Explorer and others) in the Report Designer for WPF, Properties Window and Use Favorite Properties in the Report Designer for more information.